They are, that was part of the strategy. Create so much confusion that its debilitating to people.

This is because they where on a trajectory to lose power, everything that's happening is a gambit to retain power in a decentralized world. Just like the printing press disrupted the power of monarchies and the church, the internet has disrupted the power of globalists and nation states.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-rumor-spread-by-hollywood-unlocked-sparks-ridicule/ar-AAUcgaH

I am pretty sure this wasn't "accidental" but a deliberate move. They were doing a test run to gauge reaction with the article.

The claim was published late in the evening U.K. time on February 22, allowing it to go viral in America while much of Britain was asleep.

They took their sweet time. I guarantee they were monitoring reactions. They love to do these games. They've done several with "Soros is dead".

However, several aspects of the coverage were rapidly debunked, most significantly the suggestion she was planning to attend Enninful's celebrity wedding at the Longleat estate in Wiltshire.

This means the publisher KNEW it was a lie and spread it around. The media said nothing until it had spread far and wide then came the snickering and mocking. Just their standard playbook.